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"An automated dashboard to improve laboratory COVID-19 diagnostics management"

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our microbial diagnostic laboratory located in a university hospital has implemented several distinct SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) systems in a very short time. More than 148,000 tests have been performed over 12 months, which represents about 405 tests per day, with peaks to more than 1,500 tests per days during the second wave. This was only possible thanks to automation and digitalization, to allow high-throughput, acceptable time to results and to maintain test reliability. An automated dashboard was developed to give access to key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve laboratory operational management. RT-PCR data extraction of four respiratory viruses—SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, and RSV—from our laboratory information system (LIS) was automated. This included ... (Full article...)

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